Manufacture of tasseled braid.



,, c. WE BB. MANUFACTURE OF TASSELED B R AID.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1914.

1,158,603. Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

"c YnUs WEBB,

OF HAZEL GRQVE, ENGLAND, ASSIGN OR TO THE HAT MANUFACTURERS SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED, OF STOCKPOBT, ENGLAND.

MANurAe'rUnE or rassnman 31mm i 'Toal'l whom it mag concern;-

, .Be'it known that I, CYRUS. \VEBB,-a British subjee'tyresiding at Hazel Grove, county of i cliejster, England,-have invented certain new 5 and useful Improvements .in the Manufac tu re of Tasseled Braid, of which the follow- A in is a specification.

- nithefmanufacture of tasseled braid, that is, short; .len'gths of braid with floss at both 7 l0 ends forithe manufacture of small bows or looped knots such as are employed for ornamenting the sweat bands of hats, it'is cus-' tomary to cut the braid into lengths and'tie or knot onto the ends a bunch of loose threads or flossed silk.

This invention consists in the formation of the braid from which the tasseled, bows are made with spaces or lengths at intervals of loose unbraided threads from which the tassel can be formed alternating with braid 7 ed lengths of thematerial:

The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings in.

which means are illustrated for carrying it out.

Figure 1 is a length of braid showing the lengths of loose unbraided threads alternating with the braided lengths of thematerial.

) Fig. 2' is a piece of the finished tasseled braid after being out or knotted. Fig. 3 is a front.

elevation ofthe draw off or delivery rollers bf a braiding machine. showing means for forgning the loose unbraided lengths of materiaL' Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional eleva- 55 tion of same.

-The braid A is produced in any ordinary or well known form of braiding machine by giving to are finished material an accelerated movementnafter a length a has been braided 40 and thereb -drawing through the machine 'a leng ji aof the threads in a straight or unbraided condition. The braid A is drawn through the braiding machine in the usual way by draw ofi' rollers B and to these rollers during part of every revolution a greatly braid A with a braided or plaited length a and a loose or unbraided length a alternating with one another. The rollers B are geared together by a train of wheels I) and are driven-from any source of power by a.

wheel C and wheels 0 c 0 v To effect the acceleration of the speed of the rollers B the-last wheel 0 of the train theupper side of the wheel.- The gap in wheel 0 then allows the weight to fall and wheel 0 to rotate rapidly until the teeth re- Patented Nov. 2, 1915. Aimplication filed November 25, 1914. Serial m3.- 874,035.

. may be formed blank or without 'teethlfor a portlon of its enphery and provided'with' a we ght-W su cientlyheavyto rotate the engage thus driving the rollers at an accelerated' speed and drawing through the deof straight threads substanti lly as -de-l scribed.

raided masired length of unbraided material Z1. Any other suitable mechanism may be employed- 2. Forming a braid with lengths of braided material and lengths of straight threads alternating at intervals by rapidly. drawing the threads through the braiding. mac'hine after a predetermined length has been braided substantially as described. 1"

3. A tasseled braid comprising a central braided portion and ends of straight threads with knots tied between the two parts substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- November 191- nesses, this 11th day of I GYRUS'WEBB.

Witnesses:

J. OWDEN- OBRIEN, GEO. H. OBRraN. 

